Bouchut Turns Fast Lap in Qualifying to Pace Level 5 Motorsports Effort

Level 5 Motorsports' Christophe Bouchut turned his fastest lap of the weekend Saturday afternoon during qualifying for the Mobil 1 Presents the Grand Prix of Mosport. He will start from the fifth position in the LMPC class for Sunday's American Le Mans Series race at Mosport Speedway in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada.

Bouchut drove the No. 55 Microsoft Office-sponsored ORECA FLM 09 to a fast lap of 1:12.260 around the 10-turn, 2.4-mile road course. Bouchut will be joined in the No. 55 ORECA FLM09 Sunday by teammate Scott Tucker, the leader in the LMPC point standings, who will also co-pilot the No. 95 ORECA FLM09 with Andy Wallace.

The No. 95 car, driven by Tucker, was involved in an on-track incident near the end of the final practice session Saturday. While other cars completed as many as 12 laps during the 20-minute qualifying session, the No. 95 ORECA FLM09 completed only two laps and will start from the sixth position in the LMPC class Sunday.

"After the incident, we were happy to simply get the No. 95 back out there to qualify," said Level 5 Motorsports Team Manager David Stone. "Christophe turned in some great laps during qualifying, the best the car has run all weekend. The pace will be a bit slower during the race, and we're confident that our talented and experienced drivers we'll be able to make up some ground during a 2 hour, 45-minute event."

Luis Diaz earned the top spot in LMPC qualifying with a fast lap of 1:11.455.

With two races remaining in the American Le Mans Series season, Tucker leads Gunnar Jeannette by four points in the LMPC standings.

"We're on top of the standings, and that's where we want to be," Tucker said. "Our goal is to leave Mosport with the lead heading into the season finale. That means we've got some work to do Sunday. We know the Level 5 Motorsports team will be up the challenge."

The season will conclude October 2 with the 13th annual Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia. It is third endurance race on the 2010 schedule and the first since May in Monterrey, California.

Boardwalk Ferrari Level 5 Motorsports will also participate in a Ferrari Challenge Series race at Watkins Glen International September 3-5.

The green flag for the Mobil 1 Grand Prix of Mosport is scheduled to wave Sunday at 3:05 p.m. ET. The race will be broadcast by the SPEED Channel on a tape-delayed basis, beginning at 4 p.m. ET.

 

 

 

 

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